Monthly Archives: September 2014

Thu 4th September 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Is It Time for Me to Sell Blunders.com? - Remember 1997? It was the height of the dot-com bubble. And everyone was registering domain names with unrealistic hopes and dreams of developing profitable, pure-play internet businesses.I, too, drank the Kool-Aid and registered blunders.com, and many others. No business plan. No strategy. Just $8.95/domain name and unrealistic, stupid thinking. Blunders.com was to be a Successories.com parody. While I loved Successories' beautifully framed photography with ... read more ...
 
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Leaving .Com Behind: Using TLDs To Better Market An Online Presence - The Internet as we know it is rapidly changing. Since its public introduction in 1991, we’ve grown accustomed to the everyday generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .com and .net, .gov and .org, and more recently, .biz and .info. Now hundreds are about to join the domain family as registries roll out new gTLDs and ICANN, the organization that oversees the Internet’s domain name system, also allows brands their own specific domains such as .canon, .ferrari, and .google. Companies and netizens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Godaddy Teams Up With Paypal on Its Brand New “Here SDK” Product - The PayPal Here DK, though complex in its capabilities, is simple to integrate with an easy to use API. We built a system that allows partners and developers to use the same SDK to implement payment solutions across several different geographic locations. We’ve also listened to the needs of our growing merchant customers, and have included the features and functionality important to them in our new PayPal Here SDK. This includes the ability to interact with credit card readers so customers can ... read more ...
 
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Top 10 Tips for Building a TLD Affiliate Network Using Social Media - It makes the strategist in my heart sing when I see that most of the new gTLDs labeled generic are in fact words that speak to a specific niche. Most are even so specific that the average person, a friend sitting next to you at a dinner party, your parents, can understand how a space online dedicated to that word might be a reasonable option for that audience and the names they chose online. And then inevitably you are forced to trot along the path of 'what about .com??!' with said dinner party ... read more ...
 
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Trefis Research Says Verisign & .Com.Net Market Share Is At Risk From ccTLD’s - In an article from Trefis a stock analysis firm on Verisign out today cites ccTLD’s not new gTLD’s as the biggest threat to Verisign. “For the six months so far into fiscal year 2014, VeriSign reported revenues of approximately $499 million vs. $476 million during a similar period in 2013, indicating a 5% growth in its top line. Comparatively, sales growth from H1’12 to H1’13 was over 10%. The rapid slowdown in sales growth was partially affected by a surge in demand for country code top-level ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign’s Top Line Performance To Be Masked By Growth In ccTLDs - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is a provider of registry services for .com and .net domain names, with a market share of approximately 47% in 2013 in the Domain Name System (DNS) market, according to our estimates. The company has a market capitalization of $7.15 billion and reported annual revenues of about $965 million last fiscal year. VeriSign competes with other domain registration service providers such as NeuStar and Afilias. For the six months so far into fiscal year 2014, VeriSign ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Registrations: .Gratis 1010; .Credit 801; .Audio 701; .Juegos … - This week saw 7 new gTLD launch into GA, plus 2 Geographic new gTLD’s for the city of .Cologne which is also spelled .Koeln, whose zone files have not updated. For the 7 new gTLD’s which launched this week, the results an only be described as pretty much a disaster in terms of domain name registration numbers, as only 1 of the 7 barely broke 4 figures and when I say barely I mean by 11 registrations. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
1st Day New gTLD Registrations: .Gratis 1,010; .Credit 801; .Audio 701; .Juegos 482; .Hiphop 424; .Claims 397; .Creditcard 281 - This week saw 7 new gTLD launch into GA, plus 2 Geographic new gTLD’s for the city of .Cologne which is also spelled .Koeln, whose zone files have not updated. For the 7 new gTLD’s which launched this week, the results an only be described as pretty much a disaster in terms of domain name registration numbers, as only 1 of the 7 barely broke 4 figures and when I say barely I mean by 11 registrations. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Going global: geographic gTLDs prepare for take-off - Last week the ‘.hamburg’ string hit general availability and quickly burst into the top-25 list of new gTLDs in terms of registration numbers. In many respects, geographic strings have a competitive edge over generic strings and – with 11 currently in sunrise – we will soon be able to better assess their true impact. As we wrote previously, in terms of their ability to tap into a defined community, and also leverage local political support, ... read more ...
 
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DRS completes critical design review of US Army’s Mojave programme - DRS Technologies has successfully completed critical design review (CDR) for the US Army's target location designation system (TLDS).Carried out at the company's US facility in Dallas, Texas, the review moves TLDS, also known as the Mojave programme, towards contractor and government testing.The Finmeccanica subsidiary is using employees from both Dallas and Melbourne, Australia, to execute the engineering, manufacturing and development process and production for the Mojave ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Rolls Out 18 More Domain Names in September as Total Registrations … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]> .CHURCH, .FINANCE, .LOANS, .DEALS, .RESTAURANT, .PLACE, .GIFTS and others released this month September 03, 2014 -- BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), continues to expand and diversify the Internet's global addressing system ... read more ...
 
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Freelancer.com Launches New Online Marketplace For Domain Names & Websites - According to smartcompany.com.au, Freelancer.com, announced the launch of a new online marketplace for buying and selling websites and domain names. “The marketplace, to be known as Freemarket, was originally part of an online internet marketing message board known as Warrior Forum, which was founded in 1997 and acquired by Freelancer.com.au in April of this year.” “By separating the marketplace from Warrior Forum, Freelancer.com says in a statement it hopes to “leverage the consolidated ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Namejet.com Reports $750K in Domain Names Sales In August -

Namejet.com expelled a domain auction news for Aug 2014 stating a sales of $2,000 or more.

The domain auctions reported by Namejet.com sum only underneath $750,000

Here are a domain sales:

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Hotel field doubt CPE row decision - Companies question result of panel decision that eliminated them from competition for .hotel domain name. Six companies that saw their bids for the .hotel domain name die as a result of a Community Priority Evaluation decision in favor of HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l have asked ICANN for information regarding the decision. The applicants filed a Document Information Disclosure Policy Request (DIDP) with ICANN on August 4. The DIDP requests resumes for people that ... read more ...
 
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Expired domain report: Mangos, Drones and more - Over 200 expired domain auction prices in this week’s Expired Domain Report. In a parallel universe, I would be typing this article from a Mango computer rather than a breed of Apple. Still, mangos have proliferated on this planet beyond Darwin’s definition of success. “Mango” trademarks abound for products / services as diverse as beauty salons, audio recordings, fertilizers, lead generation, secured access cards, language instruction, and baby strollers. ... read more ...
 
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Next month: a biggest domain name discussion ever - The biggest conference in the history of the domain name industry is taking place next month. This summer’s ICANN meeting in London set an all-time record for a domain name related conference with 3,115 people in attendance. The record is likely to last only one more month, as ICANN’s next meeting in Los Angeles is just a month away. ICANN meetings have grown in size for a couple reasons. First, the release of new top level domain names has increased interest. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from August: 4chan, Google and more - August was a busy month in the domain name industry. Business usually grinds to a halt in August. Families head out on vacation and kids enjoy their last weeks of freedom before heading back to school. But it wasn’t a slow month in the domain name business. New top level domain names continued to roll out en masse. A three letter domain name sold for $1 million. Popular bulletin board 4chan lost a domain dispute. And Google started inviting more people to try its ... read more ...
Wed 3rd September 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Francois Carrillo of Domaining.com Launches BitKoin.com For Crypto Currency Blogs - Francois Carrillo who company operates Domaining.com has launched another news/blog aggregator on Crypto Currency. BitKoin.com now carries 23 feeds from blogs covering Crypto Currency. We reached out to Francois to ask him why he picked Crypto Currency? “Crypto currency is something new and growing fast. People want to know more, get informed. As a proof, TheDomains.com is now periodically posting some articles about crypto currencies. Many domainers started to invest in Bitcoins this past year: Ammar ... read more ...
 
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ICANN TO Chat With GAC At ICANN 51 in LA, Whether 2 Character new gTLD … - In a letter to Heather Dryden Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Stephen D. Crocker, Chair ICANN Board of Directors made it clear that ICANN will be taking up the issue of allowing the registration of 2 character new gTLD domain names: Dear Heather, On behalf of the Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC), I thank you for your letter of 8 August 2014 regarding requests from new gTLD applicants and registries for the release of two- character domain names in the new gTLD namespace. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN TO Chat With GAC At ICANN 51 in LA, Whether 2 Character new gTLD Domains Should Be Allowed - In a letter to Heather Dryden Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Stephen D. Crocker, Chair ICANN Board of Directors made it clear that ICANN will be taking up the issue of allowing the registration of 2 character new gTLD domain names: Dear Heather, On behalf of the Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC), I thank you for your letter of 8 August 2014 regarding requests from new gTLD applicants and registries for the release of two- character domain names in the new gTLD namespace. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
AriaSystems Is Offering Free e-book On Monetizing a Internet of Things - AriaSystems.com is offering a free ebook on “Monetizing the Internet of Things: Perspectives from the Front Lines,” an e-book released today and available free of charge from Aria Systems, “the leading innovator in recurring revenue management.” “The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to create new business models as significant as those that were inspired by the Internet and the smartphone 20 and 10 years ago. What business, social and practical implications will this phenomenon bring? “‘Monetizing ... read more ...
 
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More Domains Added To Holiday.com Auction: Journey.com, Kuwait.com, Iraq.com, Arab.com, Doha.com & Dubai.net - Last week we wrote about Holiday.com going on the auction block with an expected sales price north of $30 Million Today other domain names were added to the November travel auction including on auction: Among most expensive domain names Other domain names on auction include Holiday.com, Journey.com, Kuwait.com, Iraq.com, Arab.com and Doha.com and Dubai.net The domains are being auctioned off at the World Travel Market (WTM) in November. Farad Laaforce, Managing Director of Breathe Luxury, a company ... read more ...
 
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BRS Media’s dotFM Announces Partnership With Asian Market Domain Retailers – Virtual - BRS Media Inc., a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that helps traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Web, today announced that dotFM, the .FM top-level domain registry, newest registrar partnerships include: Chinese based Bizcn.com, Inc., Whois Networks Co., Ltd (dba YesNIC) from Seoul, Korea, and PakNIC (Private) Limited from Lahore, Pakistan. These three ICANN Accredited Registrars ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
276 millions de noms de domaine dans le monde – Domaine.fr - VeriSign, le registre   officiel du .com, .net et .name, affirme que cinq millions de noms de domaine ont été ajoutés à Internet au cours du premier trimestre de 2014. Le nombre total de noms de domaine enregistrés dans le monde est ainsi porté à 276 millions dans l’ensemble des domaines de premier niveau (TLD) en date du 31 mars 2014, selon le dernier dossier sur le secteur des noms de domaine. L’augmentation mondiale de cinq millions de noms de domaine représente un taux de ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
The Curious Case of Weather.id - Namepros member Wot posted a thread a few days back where he asked the community what they thought about a certain situation involving a domain registration and it ending up in the account of the CEO of the registrar. At first he could not give the full details, he has now given the full name and posted the whole story on his blog. From his blog post and Namepros: I “registered” Weather.id with OnlyDomains.com Received confirmation On 26 Aug 2014, at 18:31, applications@onlydomains.com wrote: Thank ... read more ...